Receipt of a cardiac-resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) offers long term benefit for patients with heart failure, reduced ejection fraction, and a widened QRS complex, according to a ...

Pacemakers do not result in lower survival than implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) devices in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for heart failure, a large health claims ...

Upgrade to cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) reduces morbidity and mortality and improves left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling compared to an implantable ...

Upgrade to cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) reduces morbidity and mortality and improves left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling compared to an implantable ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Long-term CRT-D use was tied to improved survival and time to adverse events vs. ICD therapy in patients with ...

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands—Among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), a previously implanted pacemaker or ICD, and a significant RV pacing burden, upgrading to a cardiac ...

The survival benefit of a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) lasts for several years in patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms of heart failure (HF), a reduced ejection fraction, ...

"This puts CRT on equal footing with ACE inhibitors and beta blockers as part of the standard of care for patients with heart failure," Dr John GF Cleland (University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, UK) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, women were less likely to die or have a ventricular event than ...

Amsterdam, Netherlands – 26 Aug 2023: Upgrade to cardiac resynchronisation therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) reduces morbidity and mortality and improves left ventricular (LV) reverse remodelling ...